Designed by the British architect David Chipperfield, the three-story building is a plain, compact block of light travertine, unornamented apart from a saw-tooth crest on top. It’s a no-nonsense, no-ego structure that seems to look inward rather than outward. — NYT
Holland Cotter reviews the new Museo Jumex, a contemporary art museum in Mexico City sponsored by the art patron Eugenio López Alonso. Built adjacent to the more formally -adventurous Museo Soumaya, she judges that the architectural design and inaugural exhibitions point to "a calculated effort by the museum to set itself apart, to baffle expectations".
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It is nice to see such a refined building against all the urban flotsam and jetsam next to it.
Well done, team.
Agreed, tastefully done. Shows the difference between having an art collector as a client instead of some foundation or board.
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